Iran accuses Israel’s Netanyahu of ‘dictating’ US policy in nuclear talks TEHRAN: Iran accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of trying to dictate US policy in... Published 28 Apr, 2025 02:04pm
World Israel says interecepts missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Sunday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where the Houthi... Published 27 Apr, 2025 01:05pm
World Gaza rescuers say charred bodies recovered as Israeli strikes kill 17 Israel resumed its military campaign in Gaza on March 18 Published 23 Apr, 2025 02:10pm
World Pope Francis greets cheering Easter crowds from popemobile as he recovers from pneumonia VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis entered St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in an open-air popemobile for the first time since... Published 21 Apr, 2025 08:19am
World Qatar’s chief negotiator says ‘frustrated’ by pace of Gaza talks Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, brokered a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which came into force on January 19 and largely halted over a year long attacks by Israel on Palestinians Updated 20 Apr, 2025 11:30pm
World WHO says child dies after Israel strike hits Gaza hospital GAZA CITY: An Israeli air strike Sunday hit one of Gaza’s few functioning hospitals, resulting in the death of a... Published 14 Apr, 2025 02:08pm
World EU to boost financial support for Palestinian Authority BRUSSELS: The European Union will increase its financial support for the Palestinian Authority with a three-year... Published 14 Apr, 2025 10:41am
World Gaza rescuers say 19 killed in Israeli strikes overnight GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Tuesday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 19 people... Published 08 Apr, 2025 01:03pm
World Trump says US, Iran set for direct nuclear talks; Tehran says they will be indirect WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that the United States and Iran were... Published 08 Apr, 2025 12:23pm
World Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities, Israel issues evacuation orders in Gaza OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Palestinian group Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel’s south on... Published 07 Apr, 2025 11:54am
World Trump’s tariff ‘medicine’ injects turmoil into global markets TOKYO: US President Donald Trump warned foreign governments they would have to pay “a lot of money” to lift sweeping... Updated 07 Apr, 2025 05:07pm
World Israel expands military effort in Gaza, defence minister says OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced a major expansion of the military operation in... Published 02 Apr, 2025 09:58am
World Hamas spokesperson Qanoua killed in Israeli airstrike, Hamas media say CAIRO: Hamas spokesperson Abdel-Latif Al-Qanoua has been killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza,... Published 27 Mar, 2025 11:54am
World Gaza civil defence says 14 killed in Israeli strikes since midnight GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence said Tuesday that 14 people had been killed since midnight in Israeli strikes on the... Published 25 Mar, 2025 02:01pm
World Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five CAIRO/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza on Sunday killed five people, including a Hamas... Updated 24 Mar, 2025 07:58pm
World Israeli airstrike kills Hamas political leader in southern Gaza, Hamas says CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel on... Published 23 Mar, 2025 10:17am
World At least 91 killed in Gaza as Israel abandons ceasefire, orders evacuations CAIRO/GAZA: At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday after... Published 21 Mar, 2025 10:20am
World Gaza civil defence says 13 killed in Israeli strikes overnight GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Wednesday that 13 people had been killed in Israeli air strikes on the... Updated 19 Mar, 2025 10:45pm
World US top diplomat visits UAE on final leg of Mideast tour ABU DHABI: US top diplomat Marco Rubio visited the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday for the final leg of his first... Published 19 Feb, 2025 01:11pm
World Iran will not hesitate to defend its nuclear programme, foreign ministry says DUBAI: Iran has defended its nuclear programme and will not be hesitant to continue doing so, Iran’s foreign... Published 17 Feb, 2025 01:52pm
Pakistan Netanyahu’s statement to establish Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia irresponsible, provocative: FO Islamabad concerned over supply of advance technology to India Updated 14 Feb, 2025 09:09pm
World Israel seen as likely to attack Iran by midyear, Washington Post reports U.S. intelligence warns that Israel is likely to launch a preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear program by midyear,... Updated 13 Feb, 2025 08:24pm
World Trump and Jordan’s king set for tense meeting on Gaza’s future WASHINGTON: Donald Trump meets Jordan’s King Abdullah on Tuesday for what is likely to be a tense encounter... Published 11 Feb, 2025 01:10pm
World Egypt tells US top diplomat Rubio that Arab states reject Trump’s Gaza plan Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday that Arab states... Published 11 Feb, 2025 08:22am
World Trump says Hamas should free all hostages by midday Saturday or ‘let hell break out’ WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hamas should release all hostages held by the militant... Published 11 Feb, 2025 08:18am
World Saudi Arabia rejects remarks by Israel’s Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians The rejection follows suggestions by Israeli officials to establish a Palestinian state on Saudi territory Updated 09 Feb, 2025 09:46pm
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World Saudi Arabia, in swift response to Trump, says no ties with Israel without Palestinian state CAIRO: Saudi Arabia said it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state,... Updated 05 Feb, 2025 10:50pm
World In shock announcement, Trump says U.S. wants to take over Gaza Strip WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said the U.S. would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it... Updated 05 Feb, 2025 09:50pm
World Hamas’ tight grip on Gaza complicates plan for lasting peace CAIRO: In neighbourhoods levelled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of... Published 22 Jan, 2025 01:19pm